Mizuki, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly felt the approach of chakra fluctuations, and then there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

The door was pushed open and Inuzuka Hana appeared in Mizuki's sight!

"It's already this late, why haven't you left yet?"

"It's my turn to be on duty tonight. I saw the light was still on in Deputy Minister Shuimu's office, so I came over to take a look!"

"Um!"

Mizuki looked at the somewhat nervous Inuzuka Hana. It must be her keen sense of smell that made her detect the blood on Mizuki, which made this rare calm female ninja of the Inuzuka family hesitate. Although she looks very stable, she is actually only five years older than Inuzuka Kiba. She is a smart and agile ninja who loves research and is considered an outlier in the Inuzuka family.

"What else do you want?"

“Some documents require ministerial approval, but Minister Kakasi hasn’t seen it for days!”

“Leave it to me!”

Going on diplomatic missions and conducting negotiations abroad is not something that can be accomplished overnight and is often delayed for a considerable amount of time due to unexpected events.

"Kakashi has been busy these days, so if you have anything, just leave it on my desk!"

"knew!"

Inuzuka Hana took out some information, Mizuki flipped through it and stamped it with his seal.

"Has anyone come to see me today?"

"Lady Tsunade was here not long ago..."

"Um!"

Shuimu nodded without comment.

"Do you want me to inform Lady Tsunade?"

Inuzuka Hana asked tentatively.

"No!"

Mizuki handed the documents in his hand to Inuzuka Hana, and then saw Tsunade who had already walked to the door.

"You go down first!"

Inuzuka Hana packed up her things, saluted to Tsunade and Mizuki, and then left.

…

"Are you hurt?"

Tsunade looked at Mizuki who seemed a little dispirited.

"The Samsara Eye is not easy to deal with!"

Mizuki replied with a smile.

"I killed three puppets that possessed some of the power of the Rinnegan. I also had a chance to kill Hidan at the end, but I failed!"

“Is that so?”

Tsunade nodded in understanding. With Mizuki's strength, to have achieved this and even been injured, it must be that he had really reached his limit.

"If you go to the Land of Rain with Jiraiya, is there any chance you can solve the Rinnegan?"

“That’s really a problem!”

Shuimu thought about it carefully for a while and answered helplessly.

"It's difficult, but not impossible. If it's just six puppets with the power of the Rinnegan, it won't hurt to give it a try even in the Rain Country, but..."

"The enemy is not limited to these. There is also a main body with the full power of the Samsara Eye, and several subordinates with the strength of S-rank rebel ninjas, plus some other forces. Even if the manpower is doubled, there is not much confidence!"

Once the Chibaku Tensei appears, only those with the strength of the Nine-Tailed Fox can break free from the seal, and with the Gaiden Demon Statue, it is really difficult to win.

There is an even bigger problem. The time limit of Jiraiya's Sage Mode is very troublesome. He is not a Jinchūriki and does not have any special qualifications. The assistance of Fukasaku and Shima is also limited.

Originally, Mizuki thought that Tsunade would not ask such an unwise question.

Although the Rain Country is a small country, it is relative to the five major countries. It is incomparable with other small forces in tiny places.

Powerful ninjas can massacre villages and destroy countries, most of which are small places where one village or town is a country.

If you don't have the extraordinary power of the Rinnegan, you'd better not try to overthrow another country with one or two people. Covert reconnaissance and conquering an enemy country are two different concepts.

"Even with the strength of the Third Raikage, he was still worn out by the Iwagakure Village in a war of attrition. One or two elites cannot solve the problem!"

At this point, it is no longer possible to end the war by assassinating the leader. Even if Nagato is eliminated, there will still be successors to promote the plan.

Only the blood and despair brought about by war and killing can make the survivors give up their intention to use force.

Add to that Black Zetsu who fanned the flames, and it makes people feel helpless just thinking about it.

Of course, if Tsunade is now capable of convening the Five Kage Conference and forming a united ninja army, Mizuki would not mind releasing some information to wipe out the White Zetsu Army and the Rain Village.

But is this possible? The Hidden Cloud Village, which has never experienced a lesson, would not care about a rebellious ninja organization at all. They only believe in their own strength.

Mizuki's words left Tsunade speechless. If it weren't for the involvement of her former companion, Jiraiya, Tsunade would never have asked for other people's opinions on these matters.

It is understandable how Jiraiya, as a teacher, would feel when he discovers that the student he has devoted so much effort to teaching has gone astray.

The judgment of Mizuki, who has the most contact with the "Akatsuki" organization, is still credible. The power of the ninja village still determines the fate of the ninja world. If there must be a hero who can turn the tide, only a figure like the first generation Senju Hashirama can accomplish such a feat of changing the world single-handedly.

"That's it!"

Tsunade dismissed the possibility of taking shortcuts.

"Remember to hand in a detailed mission report tomorrow, and don't let anyone know about the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki for now!"

"Got it! Fu should be fine now!"

Since Tsunade didn't mention it at the first time, I think the result won't be too bad.

"He should be alive, but it's hard to say when he will wake up."

"Really..."

A small amount of chakra was extracted from the tailed beast in the Jinchūriki's body, and the impact was not very big; but if most of it was removed, what would happen, Mizuki couldn't say for sure.

A tailed beast that is split into two halves is likely to be killed temporarily, but this may not be the case if it is forcibly cut using a sealing technique. Namikaze Minato used the Shiki Fuujin to split the Yin-Yang Nine-Tails, and the little Shukaku in Mizuki's hand is an example of this.

As long as the tailed beast chakra in Fu's body is enough to support her life, it will be enough.

…

The next morning, Mizuki handed Tsunade a detailed report on the rescue of the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, which focused on the special abilities and tactical responses of the Six Paths of Pain. In particular, the description and speculation about the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealings and the Outer Path Demon Statue caught Tsunade's attention.

The characteristics of its appearance and the ten protrusions on its back that were formed after some kind of tissue was broken made Tsunade start to look through some information left over from the Senju family over the past thousand years, which was rare.

The Ten-Tails is no longer an illusory legend. When the myth begins to become reality, some people are forced to face up to how chaotic the upcoming situation will be!

Mizuki took the time to go to the intensive care unit of the hospital and check on the unconscious Fu.

The superficial injuries have almost healed, and with Tsunade taking care of it herself, this little thing shouldn't be a problem.

The seal of the Seven-Tails sealed in Fu's body has been broken. Mizuki used magnetic escape to repair it, so there shouldn't be any problems in the short term.